1999_Florida_Gators_football_team

1999 Florida Gators football
1999 Florida Gators football
SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, L 7–34 vs. Alabama
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 12
Record	9–4 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (10th season);
Offensive scheme	Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator	Jon Hoke (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium; (Capacity: 83,000)
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

The 1999 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's tenth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators returned to the SEC Championship Game after a two-year hiatus, but did not bring home another SEC Championship trophy. After losing the SEC Championship Game 34–7 to the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Gators ended their season with a last-second 37–34 loss to the Michigan State Spartans in the Citrus Bowl. Spurrier's 1999 Florida Gators posted a 9–4 overall record and a 7–1 record in the Southeastern Conference, placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams.^[2]

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University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1999 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

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2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.

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"Gator Football Boxscores". GatorZone.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	Western Michigan*	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 55–26	85,322
September 11	UCF*	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 58–27	85,346
September 18	No. 2 Tennessee	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry / College GameDay)	CBS	W 23–21	85,707
September 25	at Kentucky	No. 3	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	ESPN	W 38–10	70,971
October 2	No. 21 Alabama	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 39–40 ^OT	85,721
October 9	at LSU	No. 8	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	W 31–10	80,255
October 16	at Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 32–14	85,214
October 30	vs. No. 10 Georgia	No. 5	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry / College GameDay)	CBS	W 30–14	84,397
November 6	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	CBS	W 13–6	85,117
November 13	at South Carolina	No. 4	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	W 20–3	73,951
November 20	No. 1 Florida State*	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry / College GameDay)	CBS	L 23–30	85,747
December 4	vs. No. 7 Alabama	No. 5	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship)	ABC	L 7–34	74,309
January 1, 2000	vs. No. 9 Michigan State*	No. 10	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 34–37	62,011
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	5 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	3 (3)	3 (3)	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	5	5	10	12
Coaches Poll	5	5*	4	4	3 (3)	3 (2)	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	6	5	10	14
BCS	Not released									6	4	4	4	5	4	10	Not released

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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	4
Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	6
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	5	–	6
South Carolina	0	–	8	0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss	4	–	4	8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas	4	–	4	8	–	4
Auburn	2	–	6	5	–	6
LSU	1	–	7	3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll